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Elias didn’t see passwords; he saw the vulnerability of a father trying to pay bills, a student checking grades, and a grandmother sending photos. Most of these people had no idea they were part of a "private" list being traded like currency in the dark corners of the web. The progress bar crawled across the screen, a